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PRESIDENTIAL VACUUM

Azour’s candidacy dead, but not yet buried

One year after the last electoral session, Gebran Bassil opened the door to possibly giving up on Jihad Azour’s candidacy.

Azour’s candidacy dead, but not yet buried

Jihad Azour, former Finance Minister, senior IMF official and candidate of the opposition and the Free Patriotic Movement for the presidency. (Credit: Karim Sahib/AFP)

No one is speaking of him. Yet, a year ago today, he was a serious presidential candidate. The Christian opposition, the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) and, above all, the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) used former Finance Minister Jihad Azour’s...
No one is speaking of him. Yet, a year ago today, he was a serious presidential candidate. The Christian opposition, the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) and, above all, the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) used former Finance Minister Jihad Azour’s...